Penn Medicine CIO weighs in on precision medicine
During a recent phone interview, Penn Medicine CIO Michael Restuccia discussed the system's precision endeavors and how technology plays a role in achieving success.
Former Penn Medicine CTO Brian Wells joins cybersecurity vendor Merlin International (Q&A)
Last month, Brian Wells, who previously held various positions at Penn Medicine, took on a new role at Merlin International. In a recent interview, he discussed his new gig.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
5 Dreamit healthcare startups to watch from home infusion software to nurse training disruptor
Eight healthcare startups, half of them led by women, offered myriad approaches to solving specific healthcare challenges from more efficient nurse training to remote monitoring for home infusion and diabetic neuropathy.
Trump budget proposes 19 percent cut in NIH funding, leaving life science institutions reeling
Here's how the life science research organizations are taking the news that Trump's budget proposal will chop off $5.8 billion in funding the federal government provides to the National Institutes of Health.
Ostiio wants to improve quality of life for kids with craniofacial defects
Ostiio has developed a distractor device used in distraction osteogenesis to increase bone for children with craniofacial defects.
Digital health startup helps hospitals, mothers with breast milk management
For nurses in the NICU, two of their most important tasks are making sure new mothers are pumping enough breast milk and matching the right milk to the right baby. It’s a task easier said than done.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Penn Medicine wields Big Data to help lung cancer patients avoid ER
Lung cancer patients often end up in the ER and with this project, Penn Medicine is using Big Data to predict who is at risk and intervene before they show up in the emergency room.
Global startup accelerator Dreamit announces new cohort of companies for 2016
For Dreamit's inaugural 2016 cycle, the accelerator has accepted 25 new companies - twice the number it usually accepts and the first class to be part of its evolved new program.
Healthcare social media researchers could learn a lot from startups, pharma
The study results suggest it may be possible to link social media content to health outcomes.
From J&J’s new health risk assessment product to Mass General’s telemedicine service: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week
Watch Friday's MedHeads and catch up on the top stories from the week including J&J improving user health to Mass General launching a telemedicine service.
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Penn Medicine tests continuous, wearable patient monitoring
The three-week pilot is intended to be a proof of concept to see whether clinicians and patients like the wearable monitors.
Penn Medicine, March of Dimes seek better understanding of preterm births
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the March of Dimes Foundation announced the establishment of a new $10 million center to study preterm births led by physicians and researchers from the University’s Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The Prematurity Research Center will focus on projects aimed at discovering the causes of preterm […]
What should be a healthcare startup’s prize for good work? [Hint: It’s not necessarily money]
If you were to ask most early-stage companies what they’d consider to be a decent prize from a group of investors for a well pitched device or service, they’d probably say money. But at an entrepreneur forum at Penn Medicine, the rewards were as varied as the groups offering them. Venture capitalists, angel investors, accelerators […]
This medical imaging software uses motion sensing to reduce touch and lower HAI risk
A neurosurgeon and team of computer engineers and developers have produced an innovative medical imaging software platform that combines a DICOM viewer for radiology scans with motion sensing as a way to view images in a sterile environment. MotionView was started by Luke Macyszyn, a neurosurgeon at Penn Medicine, along with computer scientists and engineers Madhur […]
Antibiotic resistance tool marks Penn Medicine’s first equity investment in healthcare startup
It was supposed to be an innovation grant application. That was the initial idea when physician, disease hunter and entrepreneur Dan Peterson submitted a funding application for his healthcare software to address the big costly problem of antibiotic resistance. But as Dr. Amanda Christini, the director for strategic initiatives at the Center for Health Care Innovation, […]